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1st March - 31st March 2025
1st March - 31st March 2025
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Arise Sheffield is a prayer and mission movement that invites believers in Sheffield to live their faith more freely.
So far, over 2,000 believers from over 100 Sheffield churches have joined in.
The Arise story so far…
In March 2021, over 1,500 believers from nearly 100 different churches rose up together to pray for Sheffield.
We were emboldened in our faith in a new way. We formed new local relationships, and as a result people around Sheffield encountered Jesus for the first time.
Arisers told us that they felt more purposeful, connected, and energised: their faith was exciting them in a new way.
We know God has not finished fulfilling His purposes in Sheffield, so this year we're continuing to pray to see Sheffield transformed. Let’s prayer-walk together this March!
“Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile.
Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
Jeremiah 29:7 (NIV)
Arise in the media
Listen to Arise CEO Ben Woollard speak on the Words of Grace podcast about Arise 2024, and read about one Ariser’s experience of prayer-walking with his son in the Sheffield Star.
Revd Dr Nick Allan
writing for the Sheffield Star in 2022
During the whole month of March a small, humble and unseen bunch of people in Sheffield will make a significant difference. Christians from almost all the city’s churches have pledged to pray for every single street in Sheffield. The initiative, called Arise Sheffield, asks people to prayer-walk their local streets, looking for ways to connect with local folk by a smile, a word, or the offer of prayer. Participants then mark their route on an app. Over the month, the streets will glow brighter the more times they are prayed for. Our city will literally shine brighter with every blessing.
The initiative began last year during lockdown when over 1500 believers from 100+ churches rose up together to pray for Sheffield.
I walked a few streets with my son this week around our own church building on Ecclesall Road, and combined it with a litter-pick. We plucked up courage to speak to a few passers-by. They were surprisingly open to the offer of prayer, mostly about Ukraine and their family’s health. In times of struggle we begin to sense a bigger picture. That we are part of a globalised world spiritually, as well as practically. We turn to God.
Our own Parliament begins sitting every day with Christian prayers, like it has for over 450 years. The powerful declaration is deeply resonant today, for our local, national and international scene: "Lord, the God of righteousness and truth, grant to.. all in positions of responsibility, the guidance of your Spirit. May they never lead the nation wrongly through love of power, desire to please, or unworthy ideals but laying aside all private interests and prejudices keep in mind their responsibility to seek to improve the condition of all mankind..”
One Bible Psalm declares: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
Why not join thousands in our city praying for peace at this time? For the streets of our city, and the streets of our sister city Donetsk and all of Ukraine.